習故守常
xí​gù​shǒu​cháng

stuck in old ways

  • created sense approved 习故守常/習故守常 · xí​gù​shǒu​cháng · stuck in old ways — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    习故守常 / 習故守常

    xí​gù​shǒu​cháng

    stuck in old ways

    to follow old habits and stick to established routines; to be conservative and resistant to change

    习 (literal) → 习/習 · xí · to become accustomed to 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · former 守常 (literal) → 守常 · shǒu​cháng · to stick to tradition

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense